AN: The last chapter is finally here! I own NOTHING!
"Finally, somewhere where muggles are nonexistent. I missed this feeling."
"What feeling, Ronald?"
Ron picked up Hugo much to the young boy's dismay. "Daddy, put me down." Ron ignored his son's pleas.
Out of the corner of her eye, Hermione caught sight of a head of blond curls. "Excuse me a minute," she mumbled to her husband and kids as they spun around in a game of Rocket Ship. "Luna!"
The slender lady turned away from her job of escorting first years onto the train to look at her long, lost love. "Hello, Hermione."
"Luna, oh, Merlin, am I glad to see you?" She grabbed the younger witch's hands in hers and shook her head in disbelief. "After the Battle, when we didn't talk, I felt terrible, and—"
"More terrible than you felt about every other day that we didn't talk after the Yule Ball?" Luna raised her eyebrows and grabbed an owl cage from a needy student who was juggling their books.
Hermione cleared her throat and stared off into the distance so that Luna could not see the tears start to form in her eyes. "I am so sorry. Merlin, I am! I was just "too nervous to be lovers," like the song says!"
"Did you ever notice, Hermione, that the song doesn't really have an ending? It just stops."
"Yeah, I guess so, but—"
"I had always like to think that the girl got her happy ending, but now I know the truth." Luna sighed and walked away from Hermione towards the more vacant area of the platform.
"This isn't the ending, Luna. This could be the middle, please! I remember that night and I remember how I felt, and I was confused and upset, but you made all of those feelings go away, if only for a minute."
"Obviously, a minute wasn't long enough."
"Luna, please! Please, listen to me! I've never seen you like this. You're so… so angry."
"I know. I'm angry because this is over. It was over a long time ago, anyway."
"It doesn't have to be over. I remember that night!"
Luna took a step away from Hermione. "There's a song by Damien Rice called "I Remember." It's all about him and his love and their tragic parting. Both of them remember their times together, but Damien sings about how he doesn't care about her anymore."
"Why? Why would he do that if he loved her? I love you, Luna, please!"
"Because it's not enough to remember, Hermione. You have to talk to the person and show them that you love them. You can't ignore them, get married to someone else, have children, and then expect everything to be okay!"
Hermione bit her lip, backing away from the angry girl in front of her.
Luna quoted the song that originally brought them together, "So go on, go on and take it, don't fake it, shake it."
Fin
AN: Thank you to everyone for reading! I loved your reviews and encouragement. Keep being awesome!
